The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-12
5PITTSBURGH'S TEAM
DOES WHEELING BALL PLAYERS.
Tho Homo Aggregation whipped 10 the tune
OILS to 5-Darkloy Cansd-some OF the
Features OF tho Game-In the Cham.
pionship SsrIes Detroit Wins Ono.

Those who have aeen Wheeling play
ball will admit that they seldom, II ever,
put up'a worse game than that Of ysster.
day with the Pittsburgh League team. I,
Is not possible that the widest enthuslast
had any hopes Of defeating the visitors,
but the conservative admirers OF the home
club had good and sufficient REASONS Ia
look for closer contest. 1t is trpe that
Wheeling was handicapped by the ab.
ssnce Of Westlakc. who injured himself
on Monday, and Elstham had to be put
behind tho bat, and after the first inning
he went to second and Nicholson caught
the game out In q very Indifferent man.
ner. Damn was wildin his delivery q num.
Der Of men being given bases on balls at
critical points in the game, and in the oixth
innirE With the basos full, one man
scored by being forced home. There was
also 1 lack OF the spirit that has char.
acterizsd their playing Of late, and an
absence Of coaching. In the sixth Nichol
made beautiful bit to deep left, and
when he reached third the ball had been
tielded In, and instead Of some one stop.
ping him be was allowed togo home. where
he was put out. The fielding Of Nichol,
White and George Westlake was fine, and
the former carried of the batting honors,
There was some disposition on the part
Of the audience 10 criticiz, some Of I'm.
pire sMcNichols' decisions, and many
thought he rubbed it into the home club.
Two or three times he was hiased and
hooted at. 80 tEl' Fl Igr6
The visitors played a steady game, but
either in batting or fielding. Hays, who
has been playing with the Rochester and
O,wego clubs, was put in the box and
pitched q very good game, and was ably
supported by Fields. ..i .55i ti,i
5a BARKLBr GAINED. '@
In the first inning an incident occurred
thst was not down on the bills. As Sam
Barkiey stepped TO tho home plate Preei.
dent Seeiey, Of the home club, called him
in front Of the ladies stand and in q briet
aud complimentary speech presented tho
first baseman with an elegant gold headed
walking stick, tho gift OF his friends and
admirers OF this city, his home. Sam was
somewhat Burp1ised, aud after tipping his
hat in acknowledgment Of the testimonial
recovered sufficiently to get his base on
balls. .i's g'sg5 GFi
Just ss the Pitlsburghers arrived on the
grounds tho deep banks Of clouds, which
suddenly came up and shut out the sun,
commenced to discharge rain, which con.
tinued about twenty minutes. In spite OF
this people were etill coming, and when
tho game was called after tho storm blew
over good natured audience Of one thou
sand was present. Had the bright weather
continued the attendance would have
been much larger. To-day finer weather
is anticipated, and also a finer game.
Westlake will catch for Wheeling and
Morrison pitch. Pittaburgh's battery will
be Morris and Carroll. ,,}.4sG a
The game was opened by Crogan going
out at frat on short hit to Hays. After
Dnnu e:ruck out Nichol got life on
Whitney's low throw v to Barkley. Niohol-
sons toul play was taken in by Barkley.
Wheeling never scored until the eighth
inning after two men were out, although
several times men we're on third. In the
eighth Morrison bit safely to short center,
but was forced out at second by Crogsn's
hit to Smith. Dunn's long fly was taken
by Beecher. Nichol was given a life by
Smiths tumble Of bis, hot liner. Nichol
then commenced TO dance of first and
Hsys in trying to catch him threw low
and wide 10 Barkleyi and both he and
Crogan trotted home. Nicholson then
few out to Rseohsr. In the ninth West.
luke got frat Oh balls and reached
third on passed balls and ecored on
speidel's single.
Pittsburgh scored in the first after two
mon wero out. Coleman got first on balls,
Dalrymple got in eingle and Rarkley
flled the bases By taking first On ave
balls. Coleman scored on Smiths long
single to centre. keuhnst then hit to right
and bysome beautiful wild throwing three
mors men crossed the plate, keuhne af.
terwards coming n on wild pitch. In the
third Coleman and 9alrymRle raped out
singles to right. The former scored on
Barkley'a hit to third, and Dalrymple
came home on passed ball. Barkley
scored on Keuhne'a sacrifice hit. After
Hays and Bsechsr had given up the ghost
at fra, in the fourth inning, Whitney lifted
the ball to center field for two bases. Cole.
man and Dsliymple then illed tho haass,
the Grst on hit and the latter got 6rss on
ba!ls. Whitney was then forced in home
by Barkley taking his base on balls, and
Coleman and Dalrymple acored on passed
balls. Si2i:g 'l.a G:5i. fTli
The viuitors added four more runs to
their gcore In the sixth. Beecher and
Whitney opened UP with singles, the for
mer scoring on c wide pitch. Dalrymple
raped out nice single to centre, and an.
other wide pitch let Whitney in. Bark
ley's single scored Dalrympls and Nichol-
sons muf OF Smith 3 fonrth strike allowed
Barkley to cross the plate. .lZ n
The same clubs play this afternoon.
Following ia the score: G
WHEELING |h|b|rAIE IALLEonESYs, ,Enl lrIAIE